Jar-cover.



W. STRAGHAN & H. CAMPBELL.

JAE COVER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1908.

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WILLIAM STRAO HAN AND NEIL H. CAMPBELL, OF ST. THOMAS, NORTH DAKOTA.

JAR-COVER.

No. 924,401. Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 437,858.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Application filed June 11, 1908.

spring 10 formed in a horizontal coil and secured at 11 to the covertop. A loop 12 is formed in the spring and extends down on the outsideof the jar and bears on the wall thereof in a manner corresponding tothe springs described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2. The coils 10 arecapable of expansion and contraction to allow the loops 12 to be movedback and forth toward or from the edge of the cover. Both of thesespring fasteners will snap into place down over the jar rib by placingthe cover on the jar and applying a slight pressure thereto, the properadjustment, of course, of the springs having previously been made to fitthe cover to the ar.

VJe claim as our invention:

1. The combination with a jar, having a rib extending around the topthereof, of a cover adapted to fit the top of said jar, springs mountedon said cover and having depending ends adapted to snap by said rib andhold the cover in place on the jar, and l said springs having horizontalportions which are capable of being flexed toward or from the edge ofthe cover to adapt said depending ends to jars of diiierent sizes,substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a jar having a l rib extending around the topthereof, of a cover fitting on said jar, spring clamps having loopedmiddle portions and means securing said looped portions to the jarcover, and said clamps having spring portions extending outwardly fromsaid looped portions and terminating in downwardly turned ends, saidends engaging the rib on said jar and capable of movement toward andfrom the edge of the cover to grip the surface of said rib,substantially as described.

3. A jar cover, and springs mounted thereon said springs having loopedmiddle portions with means for securing them to the top of the cover,and downwardly turned ends depending below the edge of the cover, saidends being capable of swinging outwardly and adapted to grasp the wallof the jar on which said cover is placed, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a jar, having an open top, of a cover adapted tofit thereon,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM STRACHAN and NEIL H. CAMPBELL, of St.Thomas, Pembina county, North Dakota, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Jarovers, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to improvements in covers for jars usually usedfor holding butter, and the primary object of our invention is toprovide a simple, inexpensive cover capab e of application to jars ofvarious sizes and having means for securely holding the cover in placeon the jar.

A further object is to simplify and improve the jar cover shown anddescribed in Letters Patent of the United States No. 885,103, issuedApril 21, 1908 to William Strachan.

The invention consists generally in various constructions andcombinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a top view of a cover embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a sideview of a jar with our cover applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a top view of aportion of the cover illustrating a modified construction. Fig. 4 is adetail edge view of the modification of Fig. 3.

In the drawing, 2 represents a jar and 3 a cover of wood or othersuitable material, fitting the top of the jar which is provided with theusual annular rib 4. For the purpose of holding the cover in ing it tojars of various sizes, we provide spring clamps or holders 5 havinlooped middle portions 6 held in lace on t e cover by staples 7, anddepem ing extensions 8 which are adapted to slip down over the rib 4 andterminate in inwardly bent portions 9 which engage the lower wall of therib and hold the cover in place on the jar. The s rings 5 aresufficiently flexible to allow the epending ends 8 to swing outwardlyaway from the edge of the cover and accommodate l themselves to anyincrease in the diameter of the jars, and thereby adapt the cover forlarge or small sizes of jars.

In Figs. 3 and 4 we have illustrated aj modification which consists inproviding a place and adaptsprings mounted on said cover and havingdepending ends adapted to engage the Wall our hands this sixth day ofJune 1908. 01'' said jar and hold the cover in place there- W .ILLIAM.STRAUHAN. on, sa1d springs having horlzontal )01't1011s r V 'w 5 Whichare capable of being flexed to ward 01 ("AMI BELL from the edge of thecover to adapt said de- WVitnesses: pending ends to jars of differentsizes, sub- S. E. PETERSON, stantially as described. WALTER M. BROWN.

In Witness whereof, We have hereunto set

